arquebus

English - Turkish

Definition of arquebus in English Turkish dictionary: eski tür bir silah; eski bir tür silah; makineli tabanca; (isim) eski bir tür silah

English - English

Definition of arquebus in English English dictionary: an obsolete matchlock firearm; (Askeri) The arquebus (sometimes spelled harquebus, harkbus or hackbut; from Dutch haakbus, meaning "hook gun") was a primitive firearm used in the 15th to 17th centuries. Like its successor, the musket, it was a smoothbore firearm, although somewhat smaller than its predecessors, which made it easier to carry. It was a forerunner of the rifle and other longarm firearms; A sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a trigger, by which the burning match was applied; A primitive handheld firearm; (Spanish) A European matchlock gun; harquebus in English; The musket was a later invention; an obsolete firearm with a long barrel; {i} (Archaic) firearm with a long barrel; Matchlock gun, also called "teppo" in Japan Introduced in 1543 by the Portuguese